We had the pleasure to ask a few questions about World Dance Movement to our amazing faculty member, Macia del Prete.

Macia started her training in Torre Annunziata (NA) in Italy, at the E.Gravina Dance Studio studying ballet, modern, contemporary and Hip Hop. When she was still very young she started focusing on choreography studying at I.A.L.S in Rome, in USA (Broadway Dance Center,Peridance , Steps New York) and in Europe (Pineapple), as well as participating in numerous workshops with internationally acclaimed teachers. Read More…

1. What are the opportunitues World Dance Movement has offered you as a dance teacher and choreographer?

Macia: WDM has offered me the possibility to share my art and experience with other dance teachers and choreographers as well dancers who come from different backgrounds. This has stimulated my creativity and it has allowed me to get to know the dance world in a deeper way. I had the possibility to build work realtionships with other international artists and to be part of very interesting creative projects such as Picasso Dance Project, created in Madrid with the collaboration of other WDM choreographers and dancers from around the world.

2. In your opinion, what makes World Dance Movement different from other dance workshops?

Macia: In my opinion, what makes WDM different from other workshops is its unique cosmopolitan character, thanks to the internationality of its students (coming from over 20 different nations) and the international signature WDM artistic director, Michèle Assaf and her partners have given to the event. This allows both students and faculty to learn from each other and to grow in a very stimulating environment. Moreover, at World Dance Movement students experience a friendly and familiar environment provided by the faculty and stuff, that is very rare to find in other workshops.

3. Some of your Italian students have also participated in World Dance Movement Italy and Spain. Do you notice any differences in the way they approach dance after those experiences?

Macia: Absolutely!… the most important thing is their renewed enthusiasm for dance. Because of the situation in which we (dance teachers and choreographers) operate, it is always very difficult to stimulate our students. They don’t see many opportunities to enter the professional dance world and this usally discourages them and makes them feel less motivated to improve. World Dance Movement offers many chances to get exposed in the professional dance world through the assignement of prestigious scholarships for international workshops and study programs around the world. Students love these opportunites and they feel they are receiveing an importnant help to achieve their dreams.

Click the image below to watch a preview of one of Macia’s classes at World Dance Movement Spain 2012.